Kanji1 / 7
里 kanji
ri, village, parent's home, league
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
リ
Kun readings
さと
Words with 里
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —首里王府administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom
- —懸軍万里military expedition deep into enemy territory
- —古伊万里mid-Edo period Imari ware
- —四里四方large area; four ri square (approx. 16 sq km); Edo
- —阿里巴巴Alibaba
- —万里の長城Great Wall of China
- —千里も一里a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
- —三里塚闘争Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
- —海底二万里Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (1870 novel by Jules Verne)
- —吉里吉里人Kirikirijin (1981 satirical novel by Inoue Hisashi)
- —木立ち百里香thyme
- —久里浜少年院Kurihama Reform School
- —千里金蘭大学Senri Kinran University
- —悪事千里を走るbad news travels quickly
- —悪事千里を行くbad news travels fast
- —小便一町糞一里if you visit the toilet while traveling, you will fall behind your fellow travelers; one chō for a piss, one ri for a shit
- —牛の歩みも千里slow and steady wins the race; little by little, one goes far; consistency is key
- —久里浜養護学校Kurihama Special Needs School (older name style)
- —千里の道も一歩からa journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- —千里の行も足下に始まるa journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step